The Smoking Fire, from: Carceri d'Invenzione Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Plate VI from: Carceri d'Invenzione. A very fine lifetime impression of Robison’s first state (of seven), with ink dabbing on the wall at left, from the First Edition, probably Third Issue, published in Rome circa 1749–60. Before the addition of the six round-topped stone pillars along the lower edge. With wide margins around the partially uncleaned plate edges. – With the characteristic flattened central fold and some associated rubbing. With scattered foxing. Verso with rubbing and remnants of old adhesive tape in the upper and lower left corners. Otherwise in good condition. An exceptionally rare impression in this early state. | 1720 Venice - Rome 1778 | 15.-18. Jahrhundert | Druckgrafik | Nummer: 26x1348 | Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London (Old Bond Street, inv. no. CM 3275), with their label on the mount verso; Christie’s, London, 2 June 1996.

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